Art World Ukrainian Artists Fleeing War Find Refuge in Art Communities Abroad—But Their Gaze Stays on the Homefront More than a year after Russia began a wide-scale invasion of Ukraine, many of the besieged country's artists have found themselves living as refugees. By Dorian Batycka, Mar 3, 2023
NFTs The Crypto Community Has Gone Nuts for Bitcoin NFTs. Here’s How the New Niche Collectibles Are Building Buzz and Value In a short time, more than 210,000 of these digital assets have been inscribed. By Dorian Batycka, Feb 28, 2023
Art Fairs Crypto Heavyweights Made Appearances at Art Basel, But NFTs Were Scarce as Bitcoin Continues Its Plunge 'We’re in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution,' said one dealer. By Dorian Batycka, Jun 16, 2022
NFTs Instagram Is Rolling Out NFT Tools This Week, Letting Digital Collectors Clearly Show That They Own an Image Crypto art collectors will be able to share their works on their profiles, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg hints at having 3D NFTs in the future. By Dorian Batycka, May 10, 2022
NFTs L’Origine du Madonna? Beeple Teamed Up With the Pop Star to Launch a Racy New NFT Collaboration The NFTs include digital renderings of the iconic singer in surreal situations, all designed in Beeple’s signature style. By Dorian Batycka, May 10, 2022
Art World A Small Brazilian Town Has Built a 143-Foot Statue of Jesus—Even Taller Than Rio’s Iconic ‘Christ the Redeemer’ The work is now the third-tallest statue of Jesus in the world, set to officially open to visitors in 2023. By Dorian Batycka, May 10, 2022
Archaeology As a British Geologist Faces the Death Penalty in Iraq for Smuggling, His Family Is Pleading With the U.K. Government to Intervene Jim Fitton's family says he was told the pieces of ancient pottery were of no significant cultural or economic value. By Dorian Batycka, May 9, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions As Many Museums Weigh Whether to Embrace NFTs, Italian Institutions Are Going All-In With a Wave of Digital Art Shows A NFT exhibition called “Decentral Art Pavilion” popped up during the Venice Biennale, while “Let’s get Digital!” opens this month at Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi By Dorian Batycka, May 9, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s Latest Fine Art Sales Reel In $496 Million, Led by an Ink Scroll by Chinese Master Zhang Daqian The work exploded past its high estimate to set a new auction record for the artist. By Dorian Batycka, May 9, 2022
Crime Hackers Created a Fake Yuga Labs Website to Trick Collectors Into Handing Over $6.2 Million Worth of Bored Apes and Other NFTs The attack targeted users of the Otherside universe, a project created by Yuga Labs. By Dorian Batycka, May 5, 2022
Auctions A Painting Some Experts Believe Is by a Little-Known Female Old Master Just Sold for 125 Times Its High Estimate The price is fueling speculation that the picture may actually be by Judith Leyster, whose entire body of work was misattributed for decades. By Dorian Batycka, May 5, 2022
Art World Bot Battle in the Sky? A Saboteur Unleashed Enemy Drones to Attack Studio Drift’s Latest Aerial Drone Ballet in Hamburg The artists had to shut the performance down early. By Dorian Batycka, May 4, 2022
Law The Maker of Maurizio Cattelan’s Wax Prototypes Claims He Is the True Owner of the Artist’s Most Famous Works and Is Suing for Millions Daniel Druet, who has made models for Maurizio Cattelan, is now claiming the artist has stolen his intellectual property. By Dorian Batycka, May 3, 2022
Auctions A Rare Skeleton of the Raptor That Inspired the Villains of ‘Jurassic Park’ Is the Star of Christie’s 20th Century Art Evening Sale The extremely rare specimen is said to be the most complete and definitive version of a Deinonychus antirrhopus skeleton in existence. By Dorian Batycka, May 2, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions The $11.7 Million Gold Cube That Graced Central Park This Winter Makes a Flash Appearance in Venice The cube has predictably drawn the attention of many onlookers. By Dorian Batycka, Apr 21, 2022
